Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.
Egypt's Court of Appeal on Saturday decided to resume the trial of 43 NGO workers over illegal funding on March 8.
US President Barack Obama issued his most direct threat yet of US military action against Iran if it builds a nuclear weapon.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced his country is closing its embassy in Syria, saying the situation there is "unacceptable."
US military investigators have concluded that five soldiers were involved in the burning of Qurans in Afghanistan last week that was described as "accidental".
The Syrian government was put under further pressure Thursday by the UN Security Council and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to allow wider access for humanitarian aid.
Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that the "one mediation process" accepted by all parties concerned is crucial to ending the crisis in Syria.
The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama didn't say violence has ended in Afghanistan.
Syrian authorities found the bodies of the three slain foreign journalists, who were killed a week earlier.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed military operations against Iran and Syria as being in violation of international laws.
UN Security Council Thursday adopted a press statement calling on the Syrian authorities to allow "immediate, full and unimpeded" humanitarian access.
China on Thursday called for an early resumption of nuclear talks between Iran and the group of six international mediators.
A remote control bomb injured 10 police officers on Thursday as their vehicle passed close to the Istanbul headquarters of Turkey's ruling AK Party, Turkish police said.
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